#TuftedDucks

OccasionalDucksOccasionalDucks@c.im
2025-06-11

I may have skipped #TwoDuckTuesday yesterday, but I do have a pair of #TuftedDucks for today’s #WednesdayWaterbirds

#DuckOfTheDay #LowCarbonBirding #BirdsSeenIn2025 #AthythaFuligula

Two tufted ducks swimming alongside each other, the female slightly ahead but further from the camera. They look sleek and healthy. The male is ink black with a white side and an elegant swept back tuft, the female browner and more subtle.
OccasionalDucksOccasionalDucks@c.im
2025-03-14

Refollowing people is going to be a pain… I guess we’d better have some ducks in the meantime, and then I can reintroduce myself having shifted servers…

This #FiveDuckFriday we have four #TuftedDucks and more importantly a majestic #Shoveler, which is the #DuckOfTheDay

#NorthernShoveler #SpatulaClypeata #Ducks #LowCarbonBirding #BirdsSeenIn2025

On a still pond fringed with reeds, as you'll have guessed from the text, four tufted ducks and a shoveler. The tufties are drifting aimlessly, the shoveler is powering along across the photo.
2025-02-18

I love watching #tuftedducks and trying to guess where they will surface.

Meanwhile #Mallard pass by in the background.

2025-02-16

Oops! my server went off line for a period. Perhaps, I missed a maintenance announcement? Hence my delay in reporting the continuing story of tonight's visit by a #heron outside our lounge.

As #sunset began to change the light #tuftedducks and #mallard gathered on the lake behind the heron.

I went to transfer the photos to my computer only to have Diana reporting that now three #muntjac #deer had crossed from the neighbour's field and joined the party.

A heron on one leg, stares into our lounge through the patio doors.Mallard and Tufted ducks gather on the lake behind a heron at our patio doors. Reflections of the sunset are apparent in the background.The first of the images, a heron stands on the decking outside our patio doors.Three muntjac deer cross the dyke from our neighbour's field and approach the end of the decking but are reluctant to approach the heron.
2024-09-17

Today is #TwoTuftieTuesday - it won't displace the more general #TwoDuckTuesday though as I don't get enough pictures of #TuftedDucks.

#TuftedDuck #Duck #Birding #LowCarbonBirding #UrbanBirding #BirdsSeenIn2024

a pair of tufted ducks, one male on female, swimming about on a lake.
AimlessWelshWandererWelshgrumpygit@toot.wales
2024-01-24

A bit of #BirdPhotography, all #Ducks, from yesterday's visit to #KenfigPool. Unfortunately, not the sharpest of shots as they were mostly at some distance and have been heavily cropped. They are, clockwise from top left;

- #Pochard
- #Wigeon
- #TuftedDucks and #LongTailedDuck
- #Teal and #NorthernShoveler

You can see more of my photos at:
aimlesswelshwanderer.picfair.c

#Nature #NaturePhotography #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Bird #Birds #Duck

Pochard:

7 ducks fly in formation from right to left. Below is water and behind, out of focus, golden reeds and scrub covered sand dunes. There are 5 male ducks with bright reddish-brown heads, black breasts and tails and pale grey bodies. The 2 females have lighter brown heads and more mottled grey/brown bodiesWigeon:

A male wigeon rears up out of the water, spreading it's wings wide. It's head and neck are chestnut, It has a yellow forehead, pink breast, grey body, white belly and white wing patches.Tufted and Long-Tailed Ducks:

A lone Long-Tailed Duck swims between a pair of Tufted Ducks. The Long-Tailed duck is side on, It has brown and white markings, A dark beak with a pinkish band. It's head is mostly white with a dark cap and cheek patch. It has a disappointingly short tail. The tufted ducks are facing the camera with a female on the left of the picture and a male on the right. The female is a dark brown colour and the male mostly black with white sides. They both have broad beaks, bright yellow eyes and "tufts" of feathers at the back of their heads which are pressed flat in the photo.Northern Shoveler and Teal in Flight:

A single teal leads a group of Northern Shoveler in flight across water from right to left. The teal is a male and has a chestnut coloured head with broad green eye-patches, a spotted chest, grey lower sides. There are 3 female shovelers and 2 male. The females are mottled brown while the males have dark green heads, with white breasts and chestnut flanks. Both have huge spatula-shaped bills and patches of light blue and green on their wings.
2023-01-04

Good morning #followers and #naturelovers. It’s #wednesday morning which means it’s the first #wildlifewednesday of 2023. The get those #wednesdayvibes going and start the #wednesdaymotivation here is a shot of an#tufted duck from my recent shoot at #reddishvale in #stockport #manchester. Hope everyone has a great day. #raw_allnature #raw_birds #raw_shots #bbccountryfilemagpotd #bbcwildlifepotd #tuftedduck #tuftedducks #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlifephotographyuk #nature

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